Roosevelt Jones

  • Men’s basketball: Upcoming season marked by many changes

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | STAFF REPORTER To say the offseason has been a whirlwind for the Butler men’s basketball team is an understatement. Between a conference change, a coaching change, the graduation of two key players and the loss of junior forward Roosevelt Jones to injury, this will be a different-looking Butler team. “At the end…

  • Jones has surgery on wrist

    BY JOE BOOZELL & KYLE BEERY | COLLEGIAN STAFF Next man up. It’s a common theme heard in the world of sports. And for the Butler basketball team, that mantra will be more prevalent than ever after learning that star forward Roosevelt Jones will miss the 2013-2014 campaign due to torn ligaments in his left wrist.…

  • Bulldogs down under

    BY MATTHEW VANTRYON | STAFF SPORTS REPORTER The Butler men’s basketball team took a nine-day trip to Australia earlier this month. The Bulldogs left the continent with two wins. The team kicked off the trip with a 77-65 win in the opening contest against the Norths Bears Invitational Team in Sydney. Sophomore guard Kellen Dunham led…

  • Bulldogs begin Big East era

    BY BEN SIECK | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Despite a tumultuous offseason for men’s basketball, Butler officials remain optimistic about the school’s move to the Big East this season. Associate athletic director Mike Freeman said he believes that sooner was better for a conference change already in the works. “What we’ve learned in our recent history with…

  • Roosevelt Jones out for season with wrist injury

    BY AUSTIN MONTEITH | SPORTS EDITOR Butler junior forward Roosevelt Jones will miss the 2013-14 men’s basketball season due to a wrist injury sustained during the team’s recent trip to Australia. The injury occurred during the Bulldogs’ first exhibition game when Jones fell awkwardly on his wrist. He did not play in the team’s final…

  • No. 6 Butler falls to No. 3 Marquette in Lexington

    Marquette junior guard Vander Blue scored a career-high 29 points as the No. 3 seed Golden Eagles squeaked out a 74-72 win over No. 6 seed Butler in the third round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Butler had a chance to tie or win the game with 2.9 seconds remaining, but senior…

  • Despite the statistics, Butler keeps rolling

    No matter how well a college men’s basketball team may play during its regular season, should it make the NCAA Division I Tournament, it will ultimately fall into one of two categories. The ‘teams that showed up’ category, or the ‘teams that folded like a card table’ category. In its last few tournament appearances, Butler…

  • Traditional Butler-style play advances Bulldogs

    Butler used its traditional opponent-stifling defense to propel itself to the next round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament with a 68-56 win over Bucknell. It was the defensive-minded Butler basketball that the nation was introduced to during the Final Four run in 2010.  It was the kind of basketball where you can…

  • Butler quick facts

    This year’s team: 26-8 overall record 6th NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament in seven years and the 11th in 17 years. 18-18 overall NCAA tournament record. No. 6 seed was the third highest in Butler history. The only higher ones were No. 5 seeds in 2007 and 2010. Has never lost to a lower…